Quick questions on The defeat of Nazi Germany explained: O-Level History

The war on the Eastern Front, against the Soviet Union, was the largest and most important part of the war in Europe, and it was here that the tide first turned. After the German advance stalled in 1941, the decisive battle came at Stalingrad in 1942 to 1943. A huge German army attacking the city became bogged down in brutal street fighting, and then a Soviet counter-attack surrounded and trapped it. Cut off and starving, the German army was forced to surrender in early 1943.

The Soviet Union's role in defeating Germany was enormous. Despite huge early losses, it had immense reserves of manpower and moved much of its industry east, out of German reach, where it produced large numbers of tanks, guns and aircraft. The Soviet people endured terrible suffering, but the country fought on. The Eastern Front tied down and destroyed the bulk of the German army; far more German soldiers were lost in the east than anywhere else.

The war became truly global, and the balance shifted decisively, when the United States entered it at the end of 1941, after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and Germany declared war on the United States. America brought vast industrial power, money and manpower to the Allied side. American factories poured out weapons, ships and aircraft on a scale Germany could not hope to match, supplying not only American forces but also Britain and the Soviet Union. The combined industrial strength of the Allies meant that, over time, they could out-produce and outlast Germany.

When did the D-Day landings take place? [3 marks]

Explain why the entry of the United States helped defeat Germany. [5 marks]

"Germany was defeated mainly because it had to fight a war on two fronts." How far do you agree? [8 marks]